Psychologists And Mental Health Experts Spurred To Use Custom Instructions And Make AI Into A Therapist Adjunct
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ChatGPT Study Mode has spurred interest in leveraging custom instructions, so perhaps the same can be done for the mental health domain. getty In today’s column, I first examine the new ChatGPT Study Mode that has gotten big-time headline news and then delve into whether the crafting of this generative AI capability could be similarly undertaken in the mental health realm. The idea is this. The ChatGPT Study Mode was put together by crafting custom instructions for ChatGPT. It isn’t an overhaul or feature creation. It seems to be nothing new per se, other than specifying a set of detailed instructions, as dreamed up by various educational specialists, telling the AI what it is to undertake in an educational context. That’s considered “new” in the sense that it is an inspiring use of custom instructions and a commendable accomplishment that will be of benefit to students and eager learners. Perhaps by gathering psychologists and mental health specialists, an AI-based Therapy Mode could similarly be ingenuously developed. Mindful readers asked me about this. Let’s talk about it. This analysis of AI breakthroughs is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI, including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here). AI And Mental Health Therapy As a quick background, I’ve been extensively covering and analyzing a myriad of facets regarding the advent of modern-era AI that produces mental health advice and performs AI-driven therapy. This rising use of AI has principally been spurred by the evolving advances and widespread adoption of generative AI. For a quick summary of some of my posted columns on this evolving topic, see the link here, which briefly recaps about forty of the over one hundred column postings that I’ve made on the subject. There is little doubt that…
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